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William Kennedy

1928 - Today

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William Joseph Kennedy (born January 16, 1928) is an American writer and journalist who won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for his 1983 novel Ironweed. Kennedy's other works include The Ink Truck (1969), Legs (1975), Billy Phelan's Greatest Game (1978), Roscoe (2002) and Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes (2011). Many of his novels have featured the interactions of members of the fictional Irish-American Phelan family in Albany, New York. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Kennedy has received more than 26,356 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Kennedy is the 5,964th most popular writer (down from 5,235th in 2019), the 11,915th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,199th in 2019) and the 889th most popular American Writer.

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  • 26k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, William Kennedy ranks 5,964 out of 5,755. Before him are Jane Smiley, Pippa Middleton, Jakob Jakobsen, Nayantara Sahgal, Vachel Lindsay, and Javier Valdez Cárdenas. After him are N. K. Jemisin, Ann-Marie MacDonald, N. Scott Momaday, Gilles Leroy, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and Andrus Kivirähk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, William Kennedy ranks 492. Before him are Allen Stack, Vince Edwards, Věra Růžičková, Tom Aldredge, Dave Power, and Jackie Mason. After him are Jim Rathmann, Bruce Forsyth, Barbara Nichols, Joseph Bernardin, Dolphy, and Malachi Throne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Kennedy ranks 11,915 out of 18,182. Before him are Bobby Wanzer (1921), Oscar Micheaux (1884), Joan Caulfield (1922), Archie Williams (1915), Mario Cantone (1959), and Ivan Dresser (1896). After him are Ken Myers (1896), Taryn Manning (1978), Ruth Buzzi (1936), Shelley Hennig (1987), Tatyana Ali (1979), and The Honky Tonk Man (1953).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Kennedy ranks 889. Before him are Leslie Feinberg (1949), Joel Surnow (1955), Ogden Nash (1902), Lionel Shriver (1957), Jane Smiley (1949), and Vachel Lindsay (1879). After him are N. K. Jemisin (1972), N. Scott Momaday (1934), Deborah Feldman (1986), Anna Todd (1989), Russell Hoban (1925), and Horton Foote (1916).

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